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1、BalanceItOutByGRETABENNETTCATALYSTCareeradviceforscientistsIreallydislikethephrase"work/lifebalance."Justlookatit:WorkandLife(whicharen'tmutuallyexclusive,bytheway)areinastubborndeadlock,pushingupagainstoneanotherinaheatedbattle.Workappearstobetippingthebarrie
2、rthatseparatestheminitsfavor,pushingLife(andBalance)outofthewayandvyingformorethanitsfairshareofyourprecioustime.AndBalanceiswayoffbyitself,completelyunconnectedto(andmostlyignoredby)WorkandLife,whojustkeepfightingwitheachotherbutneverreallyachieveanythingrese
3、mblingBalance.IamoneoftheX-Gals,aswecallourselves,aninformalgroupofninefemalebiologistswhobeganmeetingin2000andhavesincebeenonamissionoffriendshipandsupportaswepursuecareersinacademicscience.Wearetakingturnswritingamonthlycolumnabouttheconversationswehavehadas
4、womeninthesciences.Notsurprisingly,wehavetalkedaboutbalancealotovertheyears.UntilbecominganX-Gal,Ihadn'treallythoughtconsciouslyaboutbalanceinmyownlife.Itwasn'tuntilthefallsemesterofthefinalyearofmydoctoralprogram,whenIwaseightmonthspregnant,writingapostdoctor
5、algrant,preparingtobeateachingassistantforacoursetaughtbymymajoradviser,andtryingtowriteupmydissertation,thatIsuddenlyrealizedthatIwasgoingtohavetostarttakingtheissueofbalanceveryseriously.Thatlastyearwasmostlyablur,andmylifewasaboutasexhaustingandunbalancedas
6、itcanget.YettheexperienceonlyhardenedmydesiretofindareasonablebalanceasIbeganmycareerinbiologicalresearch.SoIcameupwithaplan.Ideliberatelyappliedformyownpostdoctoralgranttodoresearchinacarefullychosenforeignacademicenvironmentthatwasnotasinherentlyall-consumin
7、gasIperceivedacademicscienceintheUnitedStatestobe.Mystrategyworked:Igotthepostdocgrant,andmyhusband,infantson,andImovedoverseas.IwasabletopursuetheresearchIlove,andbecauseIbroughtwithmemyownideasandgrant,Iwaslargelyindependentandabletosetmyownhours,which,intur
8、n,allowedmetohaveafamily-friendlyworkschedule.Mypostdocisnowover.Mysonis3,myhusbandandIhaveboughtahouse,andIhavestartedanewfull-timeresearchposition(alsooverseas).Mostimportant,Iha
